Effort to Remove Explicit Books from School Libraries Blocked

A group of concerned citizens in Missouri is accusing their local school district of misleading them about the presence of what they say are sexually explicit books in school libraries and keeping them in the dark about the process it undertakes to review such materials.

Seven concerned residents in the city of Cameron, part of the Kansas City Metropolitan area, seek to remove what they describe as “naughty books” from the Cameron R-1 School District. They have a combined eight children or grandchildren who attend school in the district.

The group has put together a Facebook page outlining their concerns with the material accessible to students in the school district’s libraries. The page documents their interactions with school district officials.

After reviewing and retaining handfuls of books at the local middle and high schools, the school district maintains that it has followed Board of Education policy and is doing its best to give parents the authority to determine what books are accessible to their children while ensuring access to such books for students whose parents “desire a broader selection of materials.”  (Except from The Christian Post.)